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    Nicolas Houghton of Chester has been named to the President’s List at West Virginia University in Morgantown for the spring 2025 semester.  Houghton also is a senior who graduated Cum Laude from majoring in Forensic Examiner. The following local residents received Bachelor of Arts degrees from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., on Sunday, May 25, […]

  • Whiting Library kicks off Summer Reading Program June 28

    Whiting Library kicks off Summer Reading Program June 28

    Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester, invites residents of all ages to participate in its 2025 Summer Reading Program. This year’s theme, Color Our World, celebrates creativity in all forms, from visual arts to science. The program offers a variety of free activities designed to keep the community reading, learning and connecting all summer […]

  • Parent-Child Center's Duck Run and Block Party Fundraiser set for June 28

    Parent-Child Center’s Duck Run and Block Party Fundraiser set for June 28

    The Springfield Area Parent Child Center is holding its annual Duck Run: Running of the Rubber Ducks from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 28 at 80 Jack and Jill Lane in North Springfield. This family-style block party is SAPCC’s flagship fundraiser and takes place outdoors; admission is free. Enjoy an evening of fun, […]

  • Third annual Rainbowpalooza June 28 in Springfield to celebrate pride, vegan living

    Third annual Rainbowpalooza June 28 in Springfield to celebrate pride, vegan living

    Rainbowpalooza returns for its third year of celebrating joy, collective resistance and vegan living from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 28 at 21 Fairground Road in Springfield. This free event brings together speakers, art and nonprofit vendors, free vegan food, kids’ activities and live cooking demonstrations, all in one vibrant, inclusive festival. Hosted […]

  • Kinhaven Music School offering new semester-long program

    Kinhaven Music School offering new semester-long program

    In addition to its usual summer performances, Kinhaven Music School in Weston announces the launch of its inaugural Semester Program in collaboration with Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester. The first of its kind in the nation, the program will feature eight exceptional high school string students who will live, study and perform at Kinhaven […]

  • Live music fills Vermont's hills this summer

    Live music fills Vermont’s hills this summer

    By Stacia A. Spaulding ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Calling all music lovers. The Telegraph has brought dozens of musical events in the region together in one place so you can plan your summer schedule. Our Calendar of Events contains additional information about several listings. Cavendish Summer Concert Series Concerts are held on Wednesdays from 6 […]

  • VSO Summer Festival Tour & fireworks July 3 in Grafton

    VSO Summer Festival Tour & fireworks July 3 in Grafton

    The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 3 at the Grafton Trails and Outdoor Center, 783 Townshend Road in Grafton. Please bring blankets or folding chairs; gates open at 5:30 p.m. for picnicking. The 2025 Summer Festival Tour, entitled Summer of Love, features mezzo vocalist Nikola Printz, whose dynamic performances […]

  • Ludlow Rotary gives scholarships to 7 seniors

    Ludlow Rotary gives scholarships to 7 seniors

    In keeping with its long-standing tradition, the Ludlow Rotary Club announces the winners of the 2025 scholarships, totaling $14,000, to seven high school seniors. Daniel E. Kesman Memorial Scholarship $2,500 – Andrei Solzhenitsyn, Green Mountain Union High School; Robert W. Kirkbride Community Service Scholarship $2,500 – Lucy Palmer, GMUHS; Joseph “Jay” Girouard Scholarship $2,000 – […]

  • CAES educators join statewide Friday morning protest of Vermont education reform bill

    CAES educators join statewide Friday morning protest of Vermont education reform bill

    By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC The educators are concerned. They say that the proposed state law H 454 to remake Vermont’s public education system, which is to be voted on on Monday in the Vermont Senate, has been rushed and filled with too many holes. It seeks to reform the governance, the finance […]

  • Chester Select Board agenda for June 18

    Chester Select Board agenda for June 18

    The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday June 18 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below is the board’s agenda. 1. Approval of Minutes from the Selectboard Meeting dated May 21, 2025 2. Citizen’s Comments 3. Old Business […]

  • Cavendish Select Board reverses earlier approval of Main Street beaver trapping

    Cavendish Select Board reverses earlier approval of Main Street beaver trapping

    By Lorien Strange © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its Monday night meeting, the Cavendish Select Board reversed its May 12 decision to allow beaver trapping on the town’s Main Street property following concerns over the environmental impact of the decision. The town became involved when one Main Street landowner, concerned about mosquitoes and flooding, […]

  • Friends of Yosemite seek help to preserve 'Hessie' fire coat

    Friends of Yosemite seek help to preserve ‘Hessie’ fire coat

    By Lorien Strange ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Coming into Chester on Depot Street, I’ve often wondered about the Yosemite Fire House. It’s an unusual building, with its two tall towers topped by Mansard roofs, and clearly old. But other than a sign on the door to the first floor, there’s not much around the building […]

  • Springfield Community Band opens 2025 season June 17

    Springfield Community Band opens 2025 season June 17

    The Springfield Community Band’s 2025 concert season, under the direction of Nick Pelton, begins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17 and continues on Tuesday evenings throughout the summer. It will be performing under the tent at the Hartness House Inn, 109 Front St. in Springfield. The musicians worked hard through the winter to add […]

  • College News

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    Jaedyn Thomes of Ludlow was named the recipient of The William Rosenfeld Chapbook Prize in Creative Writing for Fiction at Hamilton College’s annual Class & Charter Day, held on May 13 at the Clinton, N.Y., school. Established in 1950, the event combines the traditional Class Day celebrating the end of classes with a commemoration of […]

  • Op-ed: AG Clark stands strong to safeguard our democracy and Constitution

    Op-ed: AG Clark stands strong to safeguard our democracy and Constitution

    By Nick Boke It’s been quite a while since many of us have felt so positive. We — the very active members of the Chester Town Democratic Committee  and others — have been busy ever since Donald Trump took office. Trump’s inauguration got the half-dozen stalwarts who showed up for monthly CTDC meetings to jump […]

  • Generational wealth: A family matriarch's legacy of women

    Generational wealth: A family matriarch’s legacy of women

    By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC When people talk about generational wealth, they usually mean inheritances, either in land, jewelry, stocks, money etc.  In the case of Edith Hussey, 96, of Windham, her generational wealth is in the children she has had and the offspring they have produced. This very special photo, sent to […]

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